Maize Baby Shower

Yesterday, Adam's awesome co-workers threw us a baby shower. It was great! Big thanks to Meg, Kathy, Martha, and Christine (I'm not missing anyone, am I?) for planning such a fun shower! I wish I would've gotten a picture with you!

There were lots of people I didn't know since they were all teachers from Adam's school, but it was really fun to meet them all. They decked out the room in all BOY decorations and had a great spread of food. We got so much stuff for our little man - I don't know if we have room for it. I'm sure we'll work it out somehow. :) Thanks again to everyone who planned the shower and also everyone who attended (even though you "named" our baby Winky...).

31 Weeks

How far along? 31 weeks
Baby is the size of a(n): Squash, head of lettuce, mini-skirt (these websites come up with some strange stuff)
Food cravings/aversions: I'm into textures more than tastes, I think. If the texture of a food sounds good, I just HAVE to have it. Cinnamon Toast Crunch, pop tarts (toasted), home-made Heath bars from my friend Val...all good things. :)
Sleeping: Good. I think I discovered that my iron supplement is what made me start sleeping better. There was one night this week that I forgot to take it, and I slept horribly. I asked my doctor and he said that's not common, but it's possible. Who knows. Also, I feel almost sore when I wake up in the mornings...like I need to oil my joints to get my body moving again. Nothing horrible, just interesting.
Milestones: We finished our childbirth class! And got diplomas. We're professionals now, people. (Though honestly, I'm still sure I'm going to be so scared when I do go into labor...) And I'll start seeing my doctor every two weeks now.
Weird things I read online: He's gaining about 1/2 a pound a week! And is 16-ish inches long. I've heard of babies being 19 inches at birth, so he's almost there!
Interesting things that happened this past week/anticdotes: I'm feeling the baby in my ribs a lot these days. And there was one day this week where I was having a lot of trouble breathing, so I had to manually push my belly down, which seemed to help. At my doctor's appointment on Tuesday, my belly was measuring almost 3 weeks ahead, so 33 weeks. Dr. Kauffman said that around 36 weeks, he's going to do a sonogram to see how big the baby actually is (since I could be measuring 39 or 40 weeks by that point). We could have a June baby!

I can't wait to see his cute little face!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My Story

Since it's National Infertility Week, and since I've never wrote out our whole story in one concise blog post, I thought I'd share that all with you today, even though most of you have followed along with our journey. After our miscarriage, I really hoped that our story could somehow be used to help and encourage others because, if not, then what else could've been the purpose of us going through that? So here it is.
 

Adam and I decided in 2007 that we would start our family in 2008. We planned it down to the month. I kept my wedding photography schedule pretty open for spring 2009 so that when our baby was born, I'd be able to take some time off. Adam was going to be on summer break soon after the baby would be born. It was going to be perfect.

May 2008. Our first month off birth control. Oh, the nerves and excitement. At that point, I didn't know much about cycles or any of that, so we just kinda guessed.

June came. I was late.

July came. Still no sign of the "monthly gift."

The pregnancy tests were all negative.

I went on vacation with my parents to Colorado without Adam. They didn't know we were trying. We wanted it to be a giant surprise.

Soon after we got back, there she was. That stupid gift. Dang.

Okay, well, that was our first try. Let's keep at it. This is supposed to be the fun part, right?

August.

September.

October.

November.

December.

I finally went for my yearly checkup in December and talked to my doctor about what was going on. They decided to do some bloodwork. The day after Christmas I had some blood drawn and the tests came back showing low progesterone levels, meaning I didn't ovulate that month. They wanted to make sure it wasn't just a random occurence and that this was happening regularly. So they did nothing.

January.

Another blood test showed the same thing.

We finally told our parents what we were going through. I needed more support to get through this...I'd never been through anything so difficult. I was sad that it would no longer be a surprise, but at least we had their prayers.

For my February/March cycle, they finally put me on Clomid to try to get me to ovulate.

I did...and we got pregnant. April 1st, 2009, I finally got my positive pregnancy test. What a day that was.

I had a sonogram at the end of April and it showed that the baby was measuring very small. They also noticed an abnormality in the shape of my uterus, but didn't really address that issue, just mentioned it in passing.

May 25th, 2009...we lost our baby.

After several doctor's appointments that weren't helpful, we were finally referred to a specialist because of the uterus abnormality I mentioned earlier. After an MRI and several sonograms, it was determined that I would need surgery to correct the abnormality (which was a septum, making my uterus heart-shaped), or else I would most likely miscarry again.

June.

July.

My surgery was July 18, 2009, and it went well. Afterwards, I had a sonogram to check the healing and outcome of the surgery. It wasn't as good as expected - they hadn't completely removed the septum. But the specialist was positive and said that he thought our chances of carrying a full-term baby were high. He wanted to wait for a regular cycle to happen on it's own.

August.

September.

I finally had a regular cycle at the end of September and was put back on a fertility drug similar to Clomid to make me ovulate again.

October 2009 was a good, good month. We got our second positive pregnancy test.

I'm now 31 weeks pregnant with a strong, healthy little boy, and we are anxiously awaiting his arrival. Our planning and timing definitely didn't work out as we hoped, but I'm sure that after he's here, we won't be able to imagine life without this particular little boy. I'm also thankful for the time we had without kids, just Adam and I. We've had 4 years of wedded bliss and I wouldn't trade that.

Two years after we first began trying, we will finally have our baby. I'm so grateful for this blessing and I think the road we traveled to get to this point has made me so much more in awe of the miracle of life.

Best Days of My Life { Top 5 }

I like structure. So...we're going to start a tradition of "Wednesday's Top 5." I'll choose random topics and talk about my Top 5 whatever. You should participate too! Maybe we can start a trend. :)


For today, the topic is going to be the top 5 best days of my life.


1. My wedding day. Probably not much explanation needed. I would live that day over again 10 times. It was perfect and I got to marry my amazing Adam.

2. This isn't really a single day, but I LOVED our honeymoon. So any day during our honeymoon would have to make this list. That was the absolute best time of my life...we were in Hawaii, we were in love, we'd just become husband and wife. There was nothing but us. Nothing better.

3. The day I found out I was pregnant with my first baby.

4. The day I found out I was pregnant with my second baby.

5. I want to put the day I became a Christian, but since I was very young, I don't remember it well. I do remember being baptized, and that was pretty cool too, but I don't remember a lot of details of that day either. So we're going to combine the two to be my fifth best day.


What was the best day of YOUR life?

PROductive

Usually, weekends aren't all that productive at the Dreher house. I think it's because I often have to work weddings on Saturdays, so the Saturdays I DO get off, I feel entitled to just veg. But this weekend, we were super productive. This weekend, we:

-got a pedicure because we can no longer reach our toes
-went grocery shopping
-went baby room shopping
-watched a total of FOUR movies (we got a BluRay player!)
-mowed the yard
-tilled up part of the front yard
-planted grass in part of the front yard
-assembled a (crooked) bookshelf for the baby's room
-did three loads of laundry
-put a new license plate on the Jeep
-discussed (much to my dismay) selling the Jeep for something more fuel efficient
-hung curtains in the nursery
-schnuggled with our puppies
-attended the Maize carnival
-made orange rolls

I think that might be it. I just wanted to write it all down to remind myself at a later date of how productive and useful a Saturday can be.

In other news, our youngest but biggest dog Axl has recently discovered that he enjoys watching TV. It all started when we watched the movie Bolt this past week. The carrot squeaky toy in the movie coupled with our surround sound speakers was more than he could handle. He got right up in front of the TV and did the head tilting thing every few minutes. It was adorable. Ever since then, it's like he now 'notices' when the TV is on and likes to watch. If there's an interesting noise, he settles about two inches from the screen to investigate. I bet it would make a great Funniest Home Video.

I Need YOUR Opinion

I bought some curtains yesterday because even with the blinds closed, it's still pretty bright in the nursery during the day. But I think the curtains might be too long. I can't decide what length to make them. Adam suggested making them even with the bottom of the window, but I think that's too short. Ideas?

I'm going to get some of those things to attach to the wall on the sides of the windows to hold them back. And the window in the second photo will have two panels, I just didn't want to put them both up until after we decided if we need to fix them. I'd love any feedback you have!

And I put together a bookshelf today that will hold books, toys, extra stuff. I filled it with all the baby stuff we have so far.

That poor, ugly brown door....

And lastly, yesterday we went to the carnival at Adam's school for a little bit before some major clouds and rain moved in. The whole reason we went? So Adam could get his picture taken with these guys:

A Conversation

An actual conversation at the Dreher house this evening:

Gina: Give me ideas of stuff to do tonight since you'll be gone.

Adam: I don't know. Find another fat person to hang out with.

Gina: (Silence, because I really wanted to laugh. Really hard. But I can't encourage him.)

Enter Stage Left: Diesel.

Adam: Hey! Diesel's fat! There you go.

30 Weeks

Big thanks to my wonderful husband for the last post. I kinda like him. Though it made me wonder...what the heck are pine-berries?

How far along? 30 weeks
Baby is the size of a(n): Squash, one website said he's the size of a Yorkie! I love dogs!
Food cravings/aversions: I've cut way back on my pop consumption, and I've actually been craving water more. My skin is maybe doing a little better to, which could all be related.
Sleeping: Good, but my hips and (strangely) ears start aching if I lay on one side for very long so I'm always changing positions.
Milestones: Well, I kinda see week 30 as a big milestone. I can't believe we only have 10 weeks left! We have our first baby shower next week, so that's pretty exciting too (shout out to the ladies - and maybe a couple men? - Adam works with at Maize! I can't wait!).
Weird things I read online: He's shedding all the body hair that helped control his body temperature because he's been building up enough fat and stuff to take care of that. Also, his brain is starting to get wrinkly so he can get really really smart!
Interesting things that happened this past week/anticdotes: Hmmm...I didn't gain any weight this week. Which is not necessarily a good thing, but made me a little happy. My appetite has decreased some, probably due to there not being much room left for my stomach in there. I've also felt hiccups several times this week, Adam even felt them one night as we were going to bed and said "Good luck trying to sleep." Thanks hun.

ATTENTION: OFFICIAL BLOG HIJACKING IN PROGRESS

Pregnancy recap:
Week 1

Week 3

Week 15

Week 25

Week 30

Weight Gain: Like 3 pounds, they are pillows people.
Baby size: About the size of 2 small pillows and a fleece blanket.
Food cravings: Small mice, pine-berries, sheep.
Sleeping: I love to sleep, and do it very well every night.
Milestones: No, but had kidney stones last week. Don't know how one gets milestones.
Weird things I read online: I read this one blog from this girl who is telling all about her and her husbands "love story".  Weird.
Interesting things that happened this last week:  I was driving home and saw a bird fly across the sky.

I will end my humorous (to me at least) hijacking with a bit of seriousness:

61 things I love about Gina (don't worry, this is the kid friendly list):

I love.........

1. how long she has stuck around
2. her love for dogs
3. her amazing talent at photography
4. her low maintenance attitude / lifestyle
5. her ability to enjoy the littlest things in life
6. her support for my hobbies
7. how excited she is to be a mother.
8. how much she talks to our dogs
9. how she gets "mad" if I don't treat the dogs humanly enough
10. that she blogs
11. that she thinks I am sexy
12. her sexyness
13. her smile
14. her eyes
15. that she humors me
16. her forgiving spirit
17. her love for her family
18. her love for my family
19. her commitment to Christ
20. how much she talks, then asks if she is talking too much, then talks more
21. her dedication to me
22. how she has learned to be annoyed with what I get annoyed with
23. her hair
24. her fear of spiders
25. her girlyness
26. that she does the laundry
27. that she does the dishes
28. that she is content with a movie at home for a date
29. that she likes colorfully painted rooms
30. how much she loves our house
31. that she likes different things than I do
32. that she married me
33. that she thinks my motorcycle is cool
34. that she is going to let me put a car seat on my motorcycle
35. how much she cares for people
36. how she sits on the bathroom counter to do her makeup
37. her glasses
38. our love story
39. her faith without question
40. how she holds our little dog like a baby
41. when she holds the dog and says "look what I got", 10 times a day
42. sitting next to her
43. how she loves to be close to me
44. her cooking, or at least how cute she is when she does it
45. her fashion sense
46. how she lets me procrastinate on house duties
47. that she brings me lunch at fly-ins
48. how my students see our wedding picture and say she is beautiful, because she is
49. her want to make me happy
50. her voice
51. that she likes jeeps
52. when she comes to my classroom and watches tv while I work
53. when she puts together planes for me
54. that she is ALMOST always on the same wavelength as me
55. that she doesn't nag me
56. that she doesn't nag me
57. when she brings me food out to the shop
58. when she thinks about me with the little things
59. her beautifulness
60. how great a mother she will be
61. how I get to spend the rest of my life with her and Bentley. 

Love you buddy!

Just Wondering?

Does anyone else have a Doberman who won't stop whining til you put him under the covers in your bed? I was wondering if that's normal, or if it's just us...

29 Weeks

 I AM A GIANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How far along? 29 weeks
Weight gain: Okay, we're just going to do away with this question. It only makes me weigh myself, and in turn, feel bad about myself. Let's start over.

How far along? 29 weeks
Baby is the size of a(n): Squash, small cabbage
Food cravings/aversions: I wanted ice cream last night, but SOMEBODY wouldn't get it for me...
Sleeping: Has still been better lately. I just have to remember to wake up and switch sides every couple hours. Last night I had a dream where Adam and I got in a HUGE fight about cleaning up some diapers that were on the floor. I couldn't do it because I'm pregnant and can't bend over. Then I was driving this really nice vintage Porche, and some stupid guy started throwing quarters at it to try to scratch the paint. You know, the usual.
Milestones: Our nursery is mostly done! People have started buying stuff off our registries (don't judge me for checking). I've gotten a few more outfits (all gifts or hand-me-downs so far, way to be a cheap mama!). Movement in my belly is near constant now, it seems I could stop at any time of the day, look down, and my belly would be moving. I felt a whole arm or leg bone at one point this week. And I'm having some pain in my ribs and a lot of acid reflux. Awesome.
Weird things I read online: His brain can now control his body temperature, so he's not completely relient on me for that (already, so independent...)
Interesting things that happened this past week/anticdotes: Our childbirth class this week was really good. We practiced breathing techniques and pain management positions. The teacher turned off all the lights and just had a single string of white Christmas lights on. We went to different stations and tried things like slow-dancing or swaying in time with our breathing, Adam learned to massage my hands to relieve pressure, he also learned a technique to press on my hips that relieves back pain. It was just really nice to have a calm, soothing, relaxing time with him and to maybe get a glimpse of what I should be doing during labor. Next week we'll be talking about medicated (epidural) births more, so that should be interesting. ALSO, Lindsey got an iPad, and there's this app that shows the baby's actual size by week. My baby is HUGE! He doesn't even fit on the iPad screen.

A Letter

Dear Diesel,

I do not appreciate finding your food buried under the covers of my bed when I come into the bedroom at night. I put that food in your food bowl so you will eat it, not carry it to various locations to "bury" it. You don't need to store food away, I will always feed you. Every day, twice a day, the same as it's been for your entire life. Thanks for your cooperation, little dog.

XOXO,
Mom

Two Songs

There are two songs that have meant so much to me lately, and I thought I'd share them, in case they could help anyone else.

The first one is called "Your Hands" by JJ Heller. I may have posted about this song before, I can't remember, but it's amazing. Just thinking back to all those feelings I was having after the miscarriage and then when we were trying to get pregnant again. Trying to make sense of everything. The words to this are so powerful.

It was also inspirational during the time my mom was having her bout with lymphoma. I didn't blog much about that because she didn't want a lot of attention, but it was scary. It helps to remember that through everything, Heaven stands.

The second song is "Hold My Heart" by Tenth Avenue North. Wow. I have a strong reaction when I hear this song. Early on during this pregnancy, you may remember that I spotted for a few days. I was so scared. I finally insisted on a sonogram to check on the baby, and on the way there, Rachael played this song for me. It was hard and good to hear all at the same time, and she had to hold my hand as I drove to the doctor's office through the tears.

Spare Oom (aka The Nursery)

The bad news: our nursery can't be truly complete til after the boy gets here because the main decor is going to be black and white pictures (maternity, newborn, candid, family).

The good news: it looks SO much better than before. And SO much more "us." Our house's previous owners had a little girl, so the nursery was much too girly. And the green...just not my style. Here are some before photos:

The above photo shows the half bath that connects the nursery to our bedroom. That will be pretty nice, I think.

My man, hard at work (I actually did all the hard work of taping the trim...painting's the EASY part :).

Next, Adam and his dad moved in the amazing crib that Ed built. After they assembled it, I was in awe! It's perfect...even better than what I originally pictured! And better than anything you can buy! Click here for some photos of the unfinished crib.

Adam thought we needed a test subject, so Diesel stepped up for that. Not really, I think he was terrified.

And our finished nursery! For now, at least. I'll post more photos after he's born and we add stuff to the walls.

Happy 5th Birthday, Diesel!

Because I will most likely be blogging photos of the nursery tomorrow (get excited!), I'm posting this a day early. Diesel, my wonderfully human-like firstborn baby, will be turning 5 years old tomorrow! I can't believe he's been in my life for almost 5 years (Adam gave him to me on May 20, 2005), but on the other hand, I can't remember life without him.

After a long cuddle and extra-long belly rub in bed this morning (I rubbed Diesel's belly, not Adam's), we took Diesel and the big one to Sedgwick County Park for a walk. It was pretty hot out, and we walked quite a ways. When we got back in the Jeep, Diesel was dead weight in my arms. He wanted to stick his head out the window, but his laziness got the best of him, and he just endured whatever position I put him in. The rest of the day has been spent relaxing outside and in our bed. He has it good. Tomorrow, we'll be at work most of the day, so I sure hope he enjoyed a pre-birthday lazy day with us.

I love you little man, probably more than a lady should love a dog!

28 Weeks

How far along? 28 weeks
Weight gain: 24 pounds (he's just very dense...right...)
Baby is the size of a(n): Eggplant, head of cauliflower
Food cravings/aversions: Cereal, sweets, Dr Pepper
Sleeping: It's actually been a lot better the past three nights for some reason. Still having super vivid dreams though. Last night it was about polar ice caps and stealing ice cream from the new ice cream/coffee/cake/photography place downtown called Pointer's Port (what the heck?!).
Milestones: My Mom and Dad both got to feel the baby move on Easter. That was pretty exciting. And we bought the paint for the nursery!
Weird things I read online: He's able to blink and can begin responding to sounds and light. We haven't experimented with this yet though. :)
Interesting things that happened this past week/anticdotes: Adam and I attended our first childbirth class. I was the least far along but definitely not the smallest. After watching the birth video and everything the lady went through for an unmedicated birth, Adam is very in favor of me having an epidural. I'm still undecided, but maybe leaning that way too.

Can't Wait

As I hit 28 weeks today, it's getting harder and harder to wait to meet this little dude! There are so many things I'm excited (and nervous!) about.

I just can't wait...

...to see what he looks like.

...to see how Adam is with his son.

...to see him become BFFs with our dogs.

...to share his name with you all! It's such a good name.

...to be done being pregnant. I do enjoy being pregnant, but the tiredness, being out of breath, everything taking longer, etc. ...I'm ready to be done with that. Plus, Diesel's getting very huffy at the inconvenience of not being able to lay on my belly. He prefers cuddling with Dad now.

...to take him to church and other public places to "show him off."

...to dress him up in little man outfits.

...to see him smile, laugh, toot, yawn, sleep.

Twelve more weeks! I'm sure that'll go fast. Right? :)

Love Story: Part 9 {The Proposal}

Typically, it was a chore to decide where to eat when Adam and I went out on dates.

Not this night.

This night, Adam was on a mission.

He took me to Johnny Carino's, a new-ish Italian restaurant that I'd been telling him for weeks I wanted to try. Adam's not a huge fan of Italian, so I should've known something was up at that point. I figured I wouldn't push my luck and I'd enjoy the food.

After we were finished eating, Adam seemed to want to linger in the restaurant. He just wanted to relax and talk for awhile. Strange, but whatever.

We finally paid and left, and then began driving around Wichita. We drove and drove, and we were trying to come up with something to do with the rest of our night. Adam even called his mom at one point to ask if she had any ideas of stuff for us to do. She didn't.

Adam asked if I'd heard about the skate park thing our friend Tim was building near our church.

I hadn't.

Well, he'd show me then.

We drove over to our church (we'd already been attending NewSpring - which was then Messiah Baptist) for several months and loved it.

There was no skate park.

The outside lights and a couple inside lights were on at the church. Adam pulled up next to the front door (limo driver style) and shut the car off. He turned to me.

"I know that things have been hard for us lately. It sucks having to live so far from each other. But I know that it will be worth it. I just wanted to do something special for you to show how much I love you and to try to make things better."

Okay...what could this possibly be?

We exit the car and go into the unlocked church, through the foyer, into the giant sanctuary.

It's all dark.

Except...there's a photo of us projected on each of the giant IMAX screens on stage.

We walk up to the front row and sit down. There's a Kleenex box beside me.

Suddenly, a slideshow starts playing. It's photos of us clear back from the beginning of "us" up until now. Believe me, we had a lot of photos. Here and there, Adam had inserted funny captions to make the slideshow undoubtedly "Adam." Dave Barnes songs (our favorite) were playing in the background. It was quite the show...I think we went through about two whole songs worth of photos.

The photos stopped.

A new, slower song - On A Night Like This - began playing. (You should definitely go listen to it. It makes me cry almost every time. Maybe because I later walked down the aisle to this song. But back to our story...)

Adam had written a bunch of really sweet stuff up on the screen. It's all a blur now, but I think I was finally realizing what was happening.

I do remember the most important part.

The part where the screen said "Will you marry me?"

I looked over at him and he wasn't sitting beside me anymore.

He was down on one knee. Holding a little box.

I practically tackled him in a hug and wouldn't let go. We kissed, I cried, I freaked out. I forgot the two most important things: to look at the ring, and to say YES!

As soon as I realized this, I quickly said "Yes!! YES!" And he slipped the ring on my finger. It was the most beautiful ring.

The sanctuary lights came on.

We weren't alone.

Our parents, siblings, and a few friends were up in the balcony, and they all got to their feet and cheered.

Then they raced downstairs to celebrate with us.

We all headed over to Jimmy's Diner to celebrate. The rest of that evening...who knows what happened...I only remember thinking that I was an engaged woman, that I was getting married. To ADAM DREHER. Holy cow. I must be dreaming.

To be continued...

The Making of the Sheet

Friday afternoon I headed to my mom's house so that "we" could make the fitted sheet for baby Bentley's crib. I really wanted a teal sheet and some teal/yellow pillows for the nursery. The sheets I found in stores and online weren't even close to what I wanted - too pastel or neutral. So I found a really simple pattern online, and pretty cheap fabric ($2.77/yard) in the perfect color at Walmart!

You may remember how completely NOT domestic I am, so of course, there's no way I can sew. I enlisted the help of my mom and Grandma, and it ended up being pretty easy. I didn't actually do anything, so they deserve all the credit. THANKS! The light in my parent's basement isn't great, so here's my mom holding a shadeless lamp for my grandma.

 

Luckily, there were a lot of dogs there to help. Here's my parents two dogs, Rory and Annie. They helped by sitting on the sewing machine pedal (and refusing to move), and then when we dropped a pin, they graciously sat right on top of the spot on the floor we were trying to search! 

Then Axl began looking for shadows since we had the lamp out, so that was helpful.

 

Rory and Annie really enjoy being under things. Under the bed, under the dinner table, under the sewing chair. My poor Grandma has come such a long way since we've forced our dogs upon her. She has even been caught petting them!!

 

Well...at least he wasn't ever in the way at all. 

AH! The fat lady makes an appearance! At one point, we needed three sets of hands. My grandma was sewing, I was keeping the elastic taut, and my mom was turning the wheel when the sewing machine motor would stall.

 

We left the door to the outside open for the dogs, but Diesel was the only one taking advantage of that. He was outside, by himself, barking at leaves and things most of the time. He finally came inside to say hi, but since my mom is his favorite person, he insisted on being held by her and so we had to take a break.

 

But we did it! We made a fitted sheet. And Adam and I went and bought a crib mattress this weekend...and it fits! I took this photo in our nursery...you can see the white wainscoting below the windows. We still haven't painted the walls, but we bought the paint this weekend, so that should be happening soon!

 

While in Newton, my mom and I also came up with the throw pillow designs, so I'm excited to see how those turn out. There will be pictures as the nursery all comes together, I promise!

And...I didn't take any photos on Easter. :( But we had a great one. The sunny weather was amazing, so after church I spent a little time soaking up some rays in the backyard and playing ball with the puppies. Then we headed to Newton for lunch with my family and we sat out on my grandparents deck after lunch. For supper, we went to Adam's parents and had burgers and the little kids hunted Easter eggs. Too much food for sure...it was wonderful. :)

27 Weeks

How far along? 27 weeks
Weight gain: 22 pounds, approximately...
Baby is the size of a(n): Eggplant
Food cravings/aversions: Life cereal, Dr. Pepper
Sleeping: I slept like 10 hours last night. Wonderful. Axl's been throwing up during the night this week, so I've been getting up about 3 times each night to let him out...dumb.
Milestones: We're in the third trimester!! I passed my glucose test this week, but they found that I'm anemic, so they put me on an iron supplement. My belly was measuring at 28 weeks, but the doctor thinks that maybe I'm measuring big due to stuff with the surgery I had back in July. Who knows. I just hope he comes a little early. Not a lot! Just a little.
Weird things I read online: Bentley has an 85% chance of surviving if he's born now. And he's like 14-15 inches long. Big boy.
Interesting things that happened this past week/anticdotes: Bentley thinks it's fun to make my belly move all over the place, especially in the mornings. Ginger and Lindsey both felt him kick today! I bought a belly supporter thing to help with the pains I'd been having and it works. So that's awesome. I felt a foot or hand and a head while I was touching my belly this week. At first I thought the head was a butt, but when Adam felt it, he thought it was the head. That was pretty cool. Two seconds later, he moved and we couldn't feel it anymore.



One more fun belly photo with Ginger that we took today! I would like to publicly thank her for all the maternity clothes she has lent me. This outfit today is entirely Ginger-hand-me-downs.

And I fell down a hole yesterday at our photo shoot in Greensburg. Here's the giant bruise I sustained on my leg.